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2027 · Realism: prime time spread fairly

30 Sep 2026 · from vb02a02c

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Kind
generated
Recorded
30 Sep 2026
Status
Rests on some assumptions (every 2027 draft does)
Changes
172 games moved from the earlier version · What changed

Lineage

  1. First previewvf05ccb9 · generated
  2. Audited re-runv4485ed8 · generated
  3. Repeat meetings checkedv1bb0dd9 · generated
  4. Corrected: Geelong goes homev1b0e1fc · generated
  5. New rules in forcev5516b49 · generated
  6. Two opening datesvb224bbd · generated
  7. TV slots and 54 rules checkedv5a68694 · generated
  8. Victorian games and ground minimumsvddd7469 · generated
  9. Victorian games and ground minimums · Wednesday-start calendarvb02a02c · variant
  10. Realism: prime time spread fairlyvfc379bf · generated

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How this fixture was made

Latest release · Wednesday opening (17 March)

A modelled 2027 AFL fixture

An AFL fixture, built in the open.

Every game, bye and trip of a modelled 2027 season, built step by step by a computer you can inspect.

Every value on this site is a recorded fact from a named version. Where we have nothing, it says not recorded.

Pick your club

Stored on this device only. Nothing is sent.

Next round · 2027

Round 1 · Wed 17 Mar – Sun 21 Mar · 9 games

All of Round 1

Slot bands, in order

  1. Wednesday night
  2. Thursday night
  3. Friday night
  4. Saturday day
  5. Saturday twilight
  6. Saturday night ×2
  7. Sunday twilight ×2

Home Away

Times marked modelled are a , not announced kickoffs.

  1. WED 17 MAR

    Wednesday night

    Brisbane LionsAdelaide

    Gabba · QLD

    R1
  2. THU 18 MAR

    Thursday night

    Western BulldogsSydney

    Docklands · VIC

    R1
  3. FRI 19 MAR

    Friday night

    CarltonCollingwood

    M.C.G. · VIC

    R1
  4. SAT 20 MAR

    Saturday day

    St KildaGold Coast

    Docklands · VIC

    R1
  5. SAT 20 MAR

    Saturday twilight

    Greater Western SydneyNorth Melbourne

    Sydney Showground · NSW

    R1
  6. SAT 20 MAR

    Saturday night

    Port AdelaideGeelong

    Adelaide Oval · SA

    R1
  7. SAT 20 MAR

    Saturday night

    EssendonFremantle

    M.C.G. · VIC

    R1
  8. SUN 21 MAR

    Sunday twilight

    West CoastRichmond

    Perth Stadium · WA

    R1
  9. SUN 21 MAR

    Sunday twilight

    MelbourneHawthorn

    M.C.G. · VIC

    R1

All rounds · All clubs


How it was built

Five steps, one fixture

Five steps, each settling one set of decisions before the next begins. Every match card can tell you which step decided each of its details.

  1. Step 1: Who plays twiceEvery club plays every other club once. Step 1 picks the six opponents each club plays a second time.Decides which six pairs each club meets twice
  2. Step 2: Which roundStep 2 puts each of the 207 games into one of 24 rounds, and places the byes and the fixed occasions.Decides the round of every match and the bye round of every club
  3. Step 3: Which dayStep 3 gives each game a date inside its round, keeps every player's rest break legal, and decides which games get Thursday and Friday nights.Decides the calendar date of every match and which matches are dated Thursday and Friday
  4. Step 4: Who hosts, and whereStep 4 picks the home club for each game and the ground it is played at.Decides the home club of every match and the venue of every match
  5. Step 5: Which slotStep 5 gives each game a slot band (a weekday and a day, twilight or night band) and works out which games are shown live on free-to-air television.Decides the slot band of every match and the modelled free-to-air allocation

Read the journeyHow it works, stage by stageFor Steps 1 to 4 the solver must prove that no better answer exists within that step's rules, or the release refuses to ship.


Versions

Nine drafts in 17 days

Each one is kept, so you can see what changed and why.

  1. First preview
  2. Audited re-run
  3. Repeat meetings checked
  4. Corrected: Geelong goes home
  5. New rules in force
  6. Two opening dates
  7. TV slots and 54 rules checked
  8. Victorian games and ground minimums
  9. Realism: prime time spread fairly

A human tweak, then a re-run

A demonstration on the 2025 season: an editor pins one game, the computer rebuilds the fixture around it, and the record shows what else moved.

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